Improvement in fence-posts



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGEt WILLIAM HUNTER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-POSTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 59,023, dated October23, 1866.

To all Whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, WILLIAM HUNTER, of the city ot' Detroit, county ofWayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedFence-Post; and I do hereby declare that the5 followin gis a fnllandexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying;drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in affixing certain dan ges to thepost in sncha Imanner that when the same is driven into the earth itwill remain fixed and immovable in an upright position withoutoscillation; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being` had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specilication, in which- Figure l shows a perspective view of saidfence-post. A A represent the body of the post, composed of iron orother suitable material. B BB B represent the certain langes, eight innumber, projecting at right angles from said post1 and so formed as toeasily cut their way into the earth when driven. The post is sharp atthe lower end, as shown at C.

Fig. 2 represents a section of an iron fence attached to the posts. A Arepresent two of the posts driven into the earth, which is tinted green.B B represent the said flanges.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective end View of said posts. A shows thesharpened' body of said post, and B B B'B the anges.

Said post may be made of iron or ofany suitable material, and the fenceattached to the same may be made ot' iron, wood, or any material, ofpattern or design as utility or taste may dictate. v

What I. claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

l. The combination of flanges, such as above described, with a pointedfence-post, in the manner above described, for the purpose ot' makingsaid post when driven into the earth firm and immovable, and incapableof oscillation, or any other arrangement of anges so attached which willsecure substantially the same effect.

2. The application of such flanges and the arrangement thereof toanyarticle of use' designed to he fixed in the earth, whether forfence-posts, lamp-posts, awning-posts, or any other article which, bysubstantially the same means, can be firmly fixed or driven intoy theearth.

WILLIAM HUNTER.

Witnesses:

ROBERT H. BROWN, D. S. MoDoNELL.

